Facebook says its new A.I. technology can detect ‘revenge porn’

Facebook on Friday announced a new artificial intelligence powered tool that it says will help the social network detect revenge porn – the nonconsensually shared intimate images that, when posted online, can have devastating consequences for those who appear in the photos. The technology will leverage both A.I. and machine learning techniques to proactively detect near nude images or videos that are shared without permission across Facebook and Instagram.

The announcement follows on Facebook’s earlier pilot of a photo-matching technology, which had people directly submit their intimate photos and videos to Facebook. The program, which was run in [...]

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March 15, 2019

Facebook is relying on AI to tackle revenge porn

Facebook is introducing new revenge porn detection tools that use AI to track down intimate images shared without the subject’s consent. It claims machine learning can help it to detect near nude images and videos before a user reports them. A huma…